Very strange. One would think that one would remember the details very, very accurately after a traumatic experience like that……

 Yet here we have this (Watch from start at 4:26 until at least 4:44):

And then this:

Strange dichotomy, isn’t it?
I guess when you are lying it is hard to remember which version of reality you are talking about at that moment?

Curiouser and curiouser…..Yet the Media won’t do their job, and will, instead, set forth the correct meme and tell the story to sell the particular meme they wish to….

Yeah, I know, more Reynolds Wrap…….

For those who say that Citibank doesn’t have the right to do what they are doing regarding the sale of guns and ammunition and magazines using their banking service:

you are wrong.

They DO have the right. They can set whatever restrictions they choose to  (subject to legal restrictions) on commerce using their banking services or their credit card processing service. That is their right.
There are no requirements for them to do business with anyone that whey don’t wish to. They can set whatever legal restrictions they choose to.

You and I, however, don’t have to do business with them. That is our right. We can choose to use other credit card suppliers and other banks.

Keep the thought that BOTH of us, CitiBank and us, as individuals, have the rights to transact our business in whatever legal manner we choose…with whomever we choose to do so. That’s the thing about our system. The good goes with the bad.

Freedom is like that.

When Bubba Clinton got a Hinkleman from Monica (Blue Dress) Lewinsky, and wet his cigar right there in the Oval office, weren’t we told it was his personal business and any issues were between him, Monica, and Hillary? None of our business, right?

Now, apparently, TheDonald may or may not (probably May) have had some kind of relationship with some skank named (professionally) as Stormy Daniels (AKA Stephanie Clifford)….If he did (he probably did) isn’t that their business, and none of ours? I mean, it happened (if it did) before he was president, and on private property and not in a government office ……

I mean, Bubba’s life choices were none of our business (according to the Media and the DNC), why are Donnie’s? Isn’t it between some cheap hooker porn star that can be bought off easily and Donnie and Melania? Or have the rules changed because this time it isn’t a Democrat?

Why are all the women outraged now, when Melania may have been cheated on, and not when Hillary certainly was?

Oh, yeah, ’cause someone in power ordered the Media to tell all these women it matters this time……and that they should be outraged. Because Trump.

Double standards and all that. At least Donnie picked a sorta decent looking party girl and not a tubby Jewish skank (allegedly). 

I am back in town and no longer on the road. It was a busy last week.

I could tell you what I was doing, but then I’d have to kill you or imprison you or otherwise keep you silent until the Statute of Limitations runs out, and we don’t want that.

Suffice it to say that I was busy.

I have no idea how many folks were involved in the “Grassroots” Astroturf protests yesterday for some undefined “Gun Ban/”Gun Control (which is another topic)…..

But, at the end of the day, if we measure the response the way the media counted the Tea Party protests a few years ago (which were truly “Grassroots”), it appears that there were….143.2 protestors. If we measure it the way they counted the “Million Man March” then there were 20, 457, 874.3 attendees. You decide. I’m not sure which method to use.

Was the media coverage planned/did the networks collude?? You betcha. Were the camera views narrow? Yes. Do I believe the numbers the media put forth? No.

Was this theater for the Liberals? YEP. Do I think it swayed anyone not already Anti-Gun? Nope. But it sure stirred up that segment of the people. 

Not a Crisis Actor.

If you haven’t seen the video of David Hogg being interviewed (before YouTube pulled it) you can find it on Vimeo HERE

Still think he’s just a high school kid? Someone has put a lot of time into grooming this kid to deliver a message.

Video found via Kenny at Knuckledraggin.

I bet he’s paid for by the funds referenced a post or two below this one…..’Cause he’s about as legit as the thought that the kids funded this protest all on their own. 

So I am at the Tempe Arizona art festival…waiting for some folks….

Now, the festival is in the pattern for departing aircraft from Sky Harbor airport. Lots of passenger jets climbing out…once every 3 minutes or so.

No one notices, until a pair of C-17’s in formation fly over at about 4000 feet.

Then, because the noise level of the pair of jets was a bit higher, a dude said something about “military jets should be banned”.

I said “That’s the sound of freedom, dude, you should welcome it”.

Lots agreement from the others around us.

He whined and walked away.

There’s more folks out there that think like us than we think, they are just silent until someone else speaks up.  Even the artsy fartsy folks. 

Did all these kids get the money to pay for all those trips?

I mean, it isn’t like air travel is terribly expensive these days, but it ain’t an insignificant cost, either. Especially if you are a high school kid.

Yet these kids all fanned out across the country, in some cases speaking at several venues throughout the day…..

Sure as hell didn’t get that kind of scratch babysitting and mowing lawns.

Can the rest of the country not see that this is theater?
Theater staged just for a goal?
I guess it plays well to the liberal leaning folks.

I am reminded of the “Two Minute Hate” from a novel I read about 20 years a go my some guy named Orwell….only this “Two Minutes” was covered (and presented) by CNN and the other media.

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ETA: According to Aaron, THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM for the “Liberal Heartstrings Theater” production yesterday….

Odd that we cannot get the source of the funds, innit? Betcha CNN won’t bother to tell us, either. 

And these folks are surprised?

SJW shit nearly always backfires.

Dicks Sporting Goods sees “Greater than expected” sales drop after banning AR-15 type rifles (again). 

Seems that Citibank has jumped onto the Social Justice Warrior/Virtue Signalling bandwagon. 

They are restricting some customers who sell firearms and (ghasppp!) High Capacity Magazines! (OMG!)…anyone using them as a bank can’t sell firearms to anyone under 21, even where 18 is legal…and other restrictions.

Fuck em. I can use a different credit card company….and I will. I spent a bot over 10 Large via credit cards last year. Mostly via my CitiCards card. There are, however, other card companies that want my business…..and they, at least, aren’t SJWing against a hobby that is near and dear to me.

They will not gain another nickle from my business. I move a not inconsiderable retirement and investment fund from JPMorganChase last year over SJWing practices, and I can choose who makes money off of my credit card purchases. I figure it’ll cost Citibank about $400 in fees from my purchases alone. 

If you have a Citibank credit card, I urge you to find another card with which to make purchases. Write ’em a letter and tell ;em why you went to another card company.

Fuck’em